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“Meddling Mom” Returns to Hallmark Sunday Night

If you missed some of Latino Hollywood’s best character actors hard at work in Hallmark’s Meddling Mom earlier this year, now’s your chance to catch up: Tony Plana, Sonia Braga, Ana Ayora, and Saundra Santiago at 9P on the Hallmark Channel.

 

Photo: Sonia Braga and Tony Plana

The Other Colombian in “The Big Wedding”: Ana Ayora

Our friend Patricia Rae received plenty of attention for her role as the severe Colombian mama in The Big Wedding, holding her own with a host of Oscar-level actors like Diane Keaton and Robert DeNiro. But there was a second, equally talented Latina in the cast: Ana Ayora. This isn’t her first seat at the party: Ana appeared in Marly & Me with Owen Wilson and Jennifer Aniston and Meddling Mom with Sonia Braga. And now…The Big Wedding, with an impossibly stellar cast, where she plays Nuria, the groom’s sister, in the U.S. for the first time to attend her brother’s wedding.

Ana herself, however, is a Miami native with strong Colombian roots who called her time with the cast of The Big Wedding “amazing.” “I am so humbled, I’m so grateful to be a part of this project and to be working with people of this caliber,” she said in a recent interview with voxxi. “I grew up watching these people. As artists, they are so passionate and so dedicated and that was an incredible experience to be a part of.”

See the entire interview below…and catch The Big Wedding, still in a theater near you.

“The Big Wedding” Hits the Big Screens, and Patricia Rae Talks

Ana Ayora, Patricia Rae and Robin Williams The Big Wedding

This Friday, April 26, The Big Wedding appears in movie theaters across the country We talked about it a couple of weeks ago, but it bears repeating: this light rom-com stars some of the biggest names working in Hollywood today, including Robert De Niro, Susan Sarandon, Diane Keaton…and Patricia Rae, as the severe mother of the bride who doesn’t speak a word of English.

Patricia, of course, doesn’t have a problem with English. She was born in Manhattan and raised in Queens, and she’s been a bright light in Latino Hollywood for more than a decade, with appearances in movies like Maria Full of Grace and Swimfan, as well as high-end TV series from The Closer and Chuck to–most recently–Blue Bloods and Touch. So Wedding is a big deal for all concerned…and even better, it was–in her own words “a dream job.”

We had a chance to sit down and talk with Patricia about the role and her work in general (and this is just the first part of a longer conversation we’ll share soon). Check it out below…

Plana, Braga in Hallmark Movie Channel’s “Meddling Mom”

Sonia Braga as the Meddling Mom and when her antics gets turned on her by her daughters (Ana Ayora and Mercedes Renard) the fun begins. And Tony Plana is the likely suitor. On the Hallmark Movie Channel and it repeats a few times on Sunday, February 25. Check channel times.

And stay tuned—because there’s talk that this made-for-TV movie could serve as a pilot for a Hallmark Channel original series…We’ll let you know when we hear more.